Stem News

Steve Matthews and Jordan Furlong were among the contributors to the latest edition of ABA Law Practice Magazine, which is devoted to social media.

Steve’s article, co-written with Dan Pinnington, focuses on Useful Social Media Resources. Jordan’s piece, Lawyers and Social Media: Can Legal Advice by Crowdsourced?, appears in the Web 2.0 column.

This issue discusses the advantages, pitfalls, and best practices of a wide variety of social media: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google +, and blogs, as well as law-specific sites like JD Supra, Legal OnRamp, and Martindale-Hubbell Connected, all from a legal industry perspective. Read the whole issue today, especially Steve and Jordan’s contributions.

Stem client Gowlings has just published a new edition of their comprehensive business guide, Doing Business in Canada.

Doing Business in Canada was developed to give business executives, foreign counsel and investors an overview of the legal aspects of Canadian business operations. As one of Canada’s leading business law and intellectual property firms, Gowlings understands the challenges of establishing and conducting business in Canada, and provides clients with insightful business solutions to help them reach the full potential of the Canadian marketplace.

Each section of Doing Business in Canada focuses on a critical aspect of Canadian business law, starting with an introduction to the legal structure of Canada, which explains federal and provincial jurisdictions, branches of government, and common/civil law. 16 other essential areas of Canadian business are covered in depth:

• Business Structures
• Securities Law and Corporate Governance
• Secured Financing
• Taxation
• Canadian Employment Law
• Immigration and Work Permit Considerations
• Advertising and Marketing
• Competition and Antitrust Law
• Regulation of Foreign Investment in Canada
• International Trade
• Environmental Protection
• Real Estate and Urban Development
• Intellectual Property
• Privacy Law
• Bankruptcy and Restructuring in Canada
• Lobbying

The guide is available in its entirety in PDF, or may be downloaded in sections at the Doing Business in Canada page of the Gowlings website.

Stem Legal congratulates our client, Florida attorney Ron Chapman, on the launch of his new website, Chapman Criminal Defense.

The new website highlights the firm’s Florida and federal criminal defense practices, with particular attention to drug, juvenile, and violent crimes defense. Mr. Chapman also experience in the area of criminal records sealing and expungement matters.

The publications section of the site showcases Mr. Chapman’s other online collections, Florida Criminal Records FAQ and Federal Criminal Lawyer FAQ, alongside the West Palm Beach Criminal Lawyer Blog, where he has been blogging since 2007.

About Ronald S. Chapman, P.A.: Based in West Palm Beach, Ronald Chapman serves clients throughout Florida. Mr. Chapman has practiced criminal law at the state and federal court levels for more than 20 years, representing clients in accused of violent crimes, DUI offenses, drug offenses, domestic violence, and other crimes. His practice also includes work as a sentencing & appeals and criminal records lawyer.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations. For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates our client Hissey Kientz on the launch of a new microsite devoted to Propecia side effects, at www.propeciasideeffectslawyers.com.

The site explores sexual side effects related to Propecia, a hair loss drug approved by the FDA in 1997 for the treatment of male pattern baldness. In a study published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, “researchers found that as many as 23% of men taking Propecia to treat baldness may experience sexual problems that could last for years after they stop taking the drug.”

The site provides information on Propecia lawsuits and class actions; health official warnings, specific sexual side effects, and news on Propecia lawsuits and research.

About Hissey Kientz LLP: Hissey Kientz is a law firm specializing in product injury claims and medical mass torts litigation. In addition to Propecia, other areas of focus include Crestor, Depakote, Zoloft,  DePuy Hip Replacements, and Stevens Johnson Syndrome.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates our client, Jonathan Rosenfeld, on the launch of his newest website, Cerebral Palsy Lawyers FAQ.

Inspired by his experiences in helping clients with cerebral palsy (CP) and other birth injury cases, Jonathan set out to create a comprehensive, dynamic website that would not only answer frequently asked questions about CP, but also provide families with resources to access information about their child’s unique situation.

As the site’s name indicates, the Cerebral Palsy Lawyers FAQ includes a substantial collection of answers to common questions about CP, including:

• types of birth injuries;
• facts, types, and causes of cerebral palsy;
• lifetime financial benefits; and,
• medical malpractice lawsuits.

The Stories of Hope category on the website is also inspiring, as it describes the amazing accomplishments of people affected by cerebral palsy.

Jonathan has assembled an outstanding collection of resources as well. The site features sections on CP research, treatment, studies, news and legal developments. There is also an extensive book list, and growing directory of online and in-person support groups.

The approach that Jonathan takes with websites like this is truly commendable. Almost a year in the making, from hiring a research and writing team last summer, to the design, development and marketing elements added here at Stem, this site truly is a resource for families.

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About Jonathan Rosenfeld: Jonathan Rosenfeld practises with the Chicago personal injury law firm Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers and maintains a nationwide practice. He focuses on representing the vulnerable: the very old and the very young. He acts for  the elderly in nursing homes and assisted living facilities and is a sought-after speaker for seniors’ groups known for his strong advocacy and tireless approach to nursing home abuse cases. He also represents infants and children who have been hurt, exploited, neglected, injured by medical negligence, or abused in foster care. Mr. Rosenfeld maintains his Nursing Home Injury Laws and Bed Sore FAQs websites, the Nursing Homes Abuse Blog and the Child Injury Laws Blog, where he also share cerebral palsy-related information.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

Stem Legal is pleased to announce the launch of a new website for the Vancouver firm Bernard & Partners, located at www.bernardpartners.com.

The site’s new design reflects Bernard & Partners’ roots and reputation as outstanding maritime and admiralty legal counsel without overshadowing the firm’s other diverse practice areas. The Vancouver-based law firm provides commercial and litigation legal services to a variety of sectors in areas such as occupational health and safety, environmental and business law. Visit the firm’s new website to learn more about their lawyers, practice areas, publications, news, and 24 hour emergency response service.

This project was another good example of an evolving area for us here at Stem: law firm website design and development. In this instance we transformed the website from static HTML pages to a dynamic, WordPress-based site with news and some custom coding solutions to meet the firm’s unique needs.

Our company has always excelled at web design and development for its monthly retainer clients, but we opened ourselves up to project work in 2011, and are already well-booked in early 2012.  For us, this is an exciting area for growth, and it challenges us to keep refining and developing our project management skills with new firms.

For more information about Stem’s legal website design and development services, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal is pleased to welcome our newest client, Thorsteinssons LLP Tax Lawyers.

As Canada’s largest law firm practising exclusively in tax, Thorsteinssons lawyers are recognized globally as among Canada’s leading tax practitioners. With offices in Vancouver and Toronto, the firm’s clients include public and private corporations, domestic and offshore trusts, individuals, charitable and non-profit organizations, and all levels of foreign and domestic government, across Canada and around the world.

Today also marks the launch of Thorsteinssons’ newly redesigned website, at www.thor.ca. Stem has been working with the firm over the past several months to bring a fresh design and added information to the site. Perhaps the most noteworthy addition is the firm’s new Canadian Tax Alert, available on the firm’s homepage or via RSS feed.

Thorsteinssons provides a comprehensive range of corporate tax advice & planning and wealth management strategies. They provide specialized expertise to tax-exempt organizations and investment funds, and those requiring guidance on sales tax, resource tax, and international taxation/customs & international trade issues. The firm’s litigation and taxpayer representation practice groups advocate for clients involved with the CRA or tax court proceedings.

About Thorsteinssons LLP: With offices in Vancouver and Toronto, Thorsteinssons is Canada’s leading tax law firm. From corporate tax advice and planning to taxpayer representation and litigation, the firm’s depth and breadth of taxation expertise is recognized across Canada and internationally. For more information on Thorsteinssons’ services and professionals, please visit www.thor.ca.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations. For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates our client Pushor Mitchell LLP on the launch of their new blog and microsite, Canadian Tax Dispute Help.

Maintained by Pushor Mitchell’s tax law practice group, Canadian Tax Dispute Help educates and assists taxpayers faced with Canada Revenue Agency issues such as audits, reassessments, appeals, tax amnesty, tax collections, and taxpayer fairness and relief, as well as Tax Court of Canada appeals.

The site features plain-language explanations of Canada’s tax system and the tax dispute process, and helps to clarify confusing aspects such as the burden of proof, solicitor-client privilege, and assumptions.

The site also includes the Canadian Tax Dispute Blog, which provides a venue for Pushor Mitchell’s tax lawyers to share up-to-date information and views.

About Pushor Mitchell LLP: Pushor Mitchell l is a full-service Kelowna, British Columbia law firm, with a varied practice and a diverse client base that extends throughout B.C. The firm’s tax lawyers help Canadian taxpayers resolve tax disputes with the Canada Revenue Agency effectively and efficiently. For more information about Pushor Mitchell, visit www.pushormitchell.com.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations. For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates Quickscribe, the Victoria, BC-based provider of print and electronic legislative information, on its relaunch of the British Columbia Legislative Digest.

Discontinued in 2010 by its original publisher, Courthouse Libraries BC, the BC Legislative Digest was a treasured print resource for current legislative monitoring and historical legislative research. With guidance from an advisory group of local law librarians, Quickscribe president Mike Pasta has given new life to the publication by digitizing the data and integrating it within the Quickscribe Online service.

The new BCLD offers a weekly legislative activity Digest, a dynamic “status checker”, and a hyperlinked progress of bills chart that provides an overview of the year’s legislative activity and chapter/bill concordance.

It also offers an email alert service for tracking bills as they progress from first reading though Royal Assent and into law. Subscribers can sign up for customized alerts that include all legislative changes; changes to topical groups of legislation; or changes to selected bills, acts, or regulations. Subscribers may also create multiple email alerts for the benefit of groups or individuals within their organization.

For more information on the new BC Legislative Digest, including details on a free 2-month trial subscription, visit www.quickscribe.bc.ca.

Stem Legal is pleased to welcome our newest client, Ontario firm Russell Alexander Family Lawyers.

Led by Russell I. Alexander, the firm is dedicated exclusively to family law, and assists clients who are going through separation or divorce. Related issues include child custody and access arrangements, separation agreements, child and spousal support, division of family property, paternity disputes, and enforcement of court orders.

Clients going through separation or divorce often experience frustration, fear, and sadness. Russell Alexander’s lawyers and staff treat each client with dignity and empathy, and every case with professionalism and confidence. Lawyers are also trained in Collaborative Practice, through which clients resolve disputes peacefully, respectfully, and without going to court.

The Russell Alexander website offers numerous Q&As on divorce, child support, children and divorce, and parental alienation. Mr. Alexander authors the blog FamilyLLB, and is also active on Twitter (@familyLLB) and Facebook.

Russell Alexander has a wide-reaching practice, serving clients throughout south-central Ontario, including Markham, Durham region (Whitby, Clarington, Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering), York region, and City of Kawartha Lakes/Peterborough.

About Russell Alexander Family Lawyers: Founded in 2000 by Russell I. Alexander, Russell Alexander Family Lawyers is an Ontario firm focused exclusively on family law. With offices in Markham, Brooklin and Lindsay, the firm offers collaborative practice, mediation services, and trial representation for separation and divorce-related issues.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates our client Jonathan Rosenfeld of Chicago-based Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers on the launch of his new law firm, and the corresponding new Stem-designed website!  This new site was designed to showcase Jonathan’s unique practice and to establish a strong connection to Jonathan’s publishing network, which includes his blogs on Nursing Home Abuse and Child Injury Law, and his informational sites, Nursing Homes Injury Laws and Bed Sore FAQs.

As explained on  Jonathan’s biography page, his practice (and now his law firm) will continue to focus on the most vulnerable:

“I’m an Illinois lawyer with a nationwide practice who represents the most vulnerable members of our society: the very young and the very old. They have the same rights as everyone else — to be treated with compassion and respect — but their vulnerability means they need special protection and representation against those who injure, neglect or abuse them. This is my life’s work.”

Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers was founded to support these communities; and to continue Jonathan’s work in these niche areas of injury law practice.  The firm’s initial areas of practice will include: Child Injuries, Nursing Home Injuries, Pressure Sores, and Medical Malpractice; but also support more traditional areas, such as  Work Injuries, Motor Vehicle Accidents, and Personal Injury. Here’s a quick look:

Almost everyone at Stem worked on this website at some point, and we’re very proud of how it turned out.  We’re also proud of Jonathan, and congratulate him on his continued success!

About Jonathan Rosenfeld: Jonathan Rosenfeld practises with the Chicago personal injury law firm Rosenfeld Injury Lawyers and maintains a nationwide practice. He focuses on representing the vulnerable: the very old and the very young. He acts for  the elderly in nursing homes and assisted living facilities and is a sought-after speaker for seniors’ groups known for his strong advocacy and tireless approach to nursing home abuse cases. He also represents infants and children who have been hurt, exploited, neglected, injured by medical negligence, or abused in foster care. Mr. Rosenfeld maintains his Nursing Home Injury Laws and Bed Sore FAQs websites, the Nursing Homes Abuse Blog and the Child Injury Laws Blog.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal is pleased to announce that our client, product injury firm Hissey Kientz, has created a new section of its website dedicated to the recalled diet drug Meridia. The new section includes information about the weight loss drug Meridia, a discussion of the events leading to the recall, and information about the side effects of Meridia.

Meridia was recalled in October 2010 due to its link with an increased risk of cardiovascular side effects. Previously, the European Medicines Agency issued a Meridia recall in January 2010 based on preliminary data about the cardiovascular side effects of the drug. According to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, patients taking the diet drug Meridia have an increased risk of severe cardiovascular side effects. Specifially, research found that Meridia users were 28% more likely to suffer a heart attack and 36% more likely to suffer a stroke than those who were given a placebo.

About Hissey Kientz LLP: Hissey Kientz is a law firm specializing in product injury claims and medical mass torts litigation. Other areas of focus in addition to Meridia are DePuy Hip Replacements, Mesothelioma, Fen-Phen and PPH, Ortho Evra birth control patch, Seroquel, and Yaz and Yasmin birth control pills, to name a few.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates our client Ron Chapman on the launch of a new tool on his Florida Criminal Records FAQ site.  The Florida Expungement and Sealing Eligibility Quiz allows visitors to better understand the potential issues faced when applying to alter the status of their Florida criminal record.

Sealing or expunging a criminal record can remove many of the problems faced during common background checks, including employment applications, volunteering, and housing applications.  This quiz is designed to act as a preliminary step for applicants, identifying some of the more frequent scenarios that cause applications to be denied. Depending on the outcome of the quiz, visitors have the option to contact Mr. Chapman for a free consultation about whether and how to proceed to have their Florida criminal record sealed or expunged.

About Ron Chapman: Ronald Chapman has been sealing and expunging criminal record cases in Florida since going into private practice in 1996. Since that time, he has dealt with numerous complicated issues that sometimes arise when trying to seal or expunge records.  Mr. Chapman maintains Florida Criminal Records FAQ, an informative website covering Background Checks, Clemency, Dropped Charges, Expungement, Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicle records, Juvenile Criminal Records, Pardons, and Sealing, among many other topics.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal congratulates Waterstone Law Group LLP on the launch of their new BC Injury Lawyers Blog.

Led by partners David Sliman (Chilliwack) and Shelley Henshaw (Langley), along with litigation lawyers Kim Briscoe, Rachel Shaw and Daniel Sorensen, the intent of this new blog is to clarify some of  “the fine print” surrounding BC injury law.  Whether it’s breaking down a topical news story, or explaining the impact of an interesting new judgment, the lawyers at Waterstone are excited to start blogging about the current affairs relating to their injury law practice.

Some of the initial topics covered at the time of launch include:

• hockey injuries and finding fault for brain injuries,
• how the courts respond to accident victims who disregard their doctor’s treatment advice, and
• a review of the debate on “why seat belts aren’t required in School Buses”.

Be sure to drop by and visit the BC Injury Lawyers Blog!

About Waterstone Law Group LLP: Waterstone Law Group is a full-service law firm that takes the approach that lawyer specialization provides the most effective way to service its clients’ legal needs. This focus on specific practice areas allows each lawyer an in-depth understanding of his or her chosen specialties. With offices in Chilliwack and Langley, B.C., all of the firm’s lawyers are proudly involved in local civic, charitable and recreational groups. For more information about Waterstone Law Group, please visit their site at www.waterstonelaw.com.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Product injury firm Hissey Kientz LLP has launched a new website dedicated to the recall of DePuy Hip Replacements.

In August 2010, DuPuy Orthopaedics and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson, issued a recall of the DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System hip implants due to an increased rate of “revision surgery”.  The company press release stated that one in eight surgical implants required repair or device replacement within five years.

The newly launched website from Hissey Kientz reviews the related hip replacement problems, along with ongoing monitoring for both Johnson & Johnson DePuy lawsuits and news updates.

For more information on Hissey Kientz or the firm’s DePuy Hip Replacement Recall practice, visit www.hkllp.com.

Stem Legal is pleased to welcome our newest client, Pushor Mitchell LLP.

Pushor Mitchell’s roots run deep in the beautiful Okanagan Valley city of Kelowna, B.C.  The firm is renowned for the integral role it has played within the region since the early 1970s.  Its community involvement ranges from its partnership with the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation to the provision of detailed pro bono legal services, such that in 2008, Pushor Mitchell was named the Kelowna Corporate Citizen of the Year.

The individual members of Pushor Mitchell also maintain the firm’s strong tradition of contributing their time and resources to numerous activities and causes. That might help explain why Pushor Mitchell is such a highly regarded place to practice law, as demonstrated when it received the 2009 CBA-BC Work-Life Balance Award.

But Pushor Mitchell’s practice and reputation reach beyond the Okanagan, extending throughout British Columbia and even across Canada. The firm maintains a diverse client base, from individuals to charitable organizations to emerging companies and established public corporations. Pushor Mitchell lawyers keep their clients updated on new legal developments with regular and issues of the firm’s Legal Alert newsletter. The firm’s practice areas include business law, personal injury, commercial litigation, family law, real estate, real estate development and wills, estates and trusts.

Stem Legal is proud to include among its clients a firm as dedicated to both professionalism and community as Pushor Mitchell.

About Pushor Mitchell LLP: Pushor Mitchell is a full-service Kelowna, British Columbia law firm, with a varied practice and a diverse client base that extends throughout B.C.  For more information about Pushor Mitchell, please visit its website at www.pushormitchell.com.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations. For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal is pleased to announce the launch of a new law firm website for McClanahan Myers Espey LLP.

In addition to a striking new design, the site now boasts easier access to news and commentary from the firm’s unique blog, Contingent Fee Business Litigation. The new design also greatly improves the visibility of the firm’s practice pages and lawyer profiles, and reduces the number of navigational clicks required, by way of adding links to the firm’s Areas of Practice to the site-wide navigation, along with information on the firm and its lawyers, contact information, and a full index of archived news items.

One especially useful new feature, located directly on the homepage, is a clickable five-page e-book that answers FAQs about the firm. Each page links to further information on the topic; for example, why the firm prefers contingency fees, joint venture cases with other counsel, and in-sourcing legal services to corporate general counsel. Here’s a peek at this tool:

Our sincere thanks to the firm’s partners, Randy McClanahan, Mike Myers, and Bob Espey for their continued feedback and support throughout this project; we think the finished product really reflects the firm’s quality and distinctiveness!

About McClanahan Myers Espey LLP: McClanahan Myers Espey LLP is a Houston-based contingency fee litigation firm. In addition to specializing in areas such as patent litigation and  corporate-owned life insurance, the firm also practices in class actions,  and other disputes potentially solved by contingent fee commercial litigation.  The firm’s blog is Contingency Fee Business Litigation.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem Legal client Jonathan Rosenfeld of Strellis & Field continues to make improvements to his content network.  Available this morning, his two newest collections include a pathfinder to Bed Sore Research Studies, and a topical list of books and journal articles related to nursing home injuries.

First launched in May, 2009, Mr. Rosenfeld’s Bed Sore FAQs website offers a dynamic collection of frequently-asked questions and answers on topics related to bed sore injuries, also known as pressure sores, pressure ulcers or decubitus ulcers.  The Bed Sore FAQ has continued to grow in 2010 with the introduction of the Bed Sore Resource Center, and is now expanding again with a new section on Bed Sore Research Studies.  The new section is accessible both as a link on the main Resource Center or from the Resource Center sidebar which is embedded throughout the website.  The Bed Sore Research Studies section contains information about and links to recent studies and clinical trials on bed sore prevention and treatment, including studies currently recruiting participants.

Mr. Rosenfeld’s Nursing Home Injury Laws website is also expanding its topical coverage.  In addition to providing the collected laws, State-by-State, relating to injuries arising in nursing homes, the site now includes a new Books and Journals section.  This section contains a strong list of reference books and journal articles related to nursing home injuries, along with links to further information on each item.

About Jonathan Rosenfeld: Jonathan Rosenfeld has practised with the Chicago law firm Strellis & Field for the bulk of his career. His practice focuses on representing the elderly in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. He is a sought-after speaker for seniors’ groups and a strong advocate for injured seniors and is known for his tireless approach to nursing home abuse cases. In addition to Bed Sore FAQ, and Nursing Home Injury Laws Mr. Rosenfeld maintains the Nursing Homes Abuse Blog.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase business through the use of SEO and link building campaigns, audience profiling and content development strategies, and customized media and communications plans. Stem also delivers advice and guidance for law firms exploring online social media, specifically by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.

Stem congratulates our client, product injury firm Hissey Kientz LLP on the launch of their new microsite for their Paxil Birth Defects practice.

The new website explains that the antidepressant Paxil has been linked to an increased risk of birth defects in the children of women who take the drug while pregnant. In 2005, the Food and Drug Administration warned that women who take Paxil during pregnancy are twice as likely to have children with major birth defects as those who are prescribed other antidepressants. The site details the types of Paxil birth defects that have been seen, including atrial and ventricular septal defects, or holes in the walls of the chambers of the heart, with symptoms sometimes so severe that they required surgery. Research has also shown an increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). Children born with PPHN suffer from circulatory problems that can lead to respiratory failure shortly after birth.

The site also highlights serious Paxil side effects and information about Paxil lawsuits, and is frequently updated with news about Paxil and legal settlements.

Visit the Paxil Birth Defects site at http://www.paxilbirthdefectslawyers.com/ for more information.

Stem Legal is pleased to welcome our newest client, Fraser Valley, British Columbia firm Waterstone Law Group LLP.

With offices in both Chilliwack and Langley, BC, Waterstone is ideally situated to serve residents of Canada’s beautiful Fraser Valley.  The firm’s founders each formerly practised in the larger Vancouver market, allowing Waterstone’s lawyers to bring the experience and expertise of big city law to local clients.

Waterstone Law Group is a full-service firm with practice areas that include Banking Law, Civil Litigation, Corporate/Commercial Law, Employment Law (including ADR),  Family Law, Farm Transactions, ICBC Injury Law, BC Personal Injury (including medical malpractice and wrongful death), Real Estate, and Wills and Estate Planning.

Waterstone is known and respected throughout the Fraser Valley for it outstanding commitment to community.  That commitment is embedded within the firm description and is featured on each of its lawyer profiles.  We’re proud to welcome Waterstone Law Group as Stem’s newest client.

About Waterstone Law Group LLP: Waterstone Law Group is a full-service law firm that takes the approach that lawyer specialization provides the most effective way to service its clients’ legal needs. This focus on specific practice areas allows each lawyer an in-depth understanding of his or her chosen specialties. With offices in Chilliwack and Langley, B.C., all of the firm’s lawyers are proudly involved in local civic, charitable and recreational groups. For more information about Waterstone Law Group, please visit their site at www.waterstonelaw.com.

About Stem Legal Web Enterprises: Stem Legal helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. Tactics range from law firm SEO and link building campaigns, to audience profiling and content development strategies. Stem also helps firms leverage the social web by using law blogs and social networking, developing content syndication strategies, and participating in business market conversations.

For more information, please contact Steve Matthews at 604.826.8072, or by email at steve@stemlegal.com.